PUBG released their next update for Season 4. This new PUBG update 4.3 adds a brand-new game mode called “Survival Mastery.” This mode will be new (and old) players to get better at the game and progress their Survival Level in-game. Here’s what PUBG Corp has to say about it:
- Survival Mastery is a new progression system where players increase levels by gaining XP based on the players’ survival patterns.
- The system operates all the time without being affected by seasons. The Level cap for Survival Mastery is 500.
- Players can earn XP in the following situations:
- Looting
- Using items during combat
- Combat
- Reviving a teammate
PUBG Update 4.3 Now Live
Below, you can read every gameplay change that has been added with this latest PUBG on PC. To read the complete patch notes for this update, please refer to the original blog-post here.
Improved shotgun consistency
- Hit probability increased, especially in medium shotgun range
- Damage drop-off over distance increased
- Minimum per pellet damage within effective range of each shotgun increased to 4
- Except the Sawed-Off, which is 3
- All shotguns fire 9 pellets total per round
- Adjusted shotgun balance
- All shotgun pellets now use more realistic ballistic curves (speed decrease over time)
- All shotguns had their recoil effects updated
- Damage multiplier changes
- Headshot: From 1.5 to 1.2
- Torso: From 1.0 to 0.9
- S686
- Maximum effective range set to 80 m
- Increased reload speed by 20%
- S1897
- Maximum effective range set to 80 m
- Pump action speed increased by 20%
- Pump action will no longer temporarily un-ADS the player
- Sawed-Off
- Maximum effective range set to 80 m
- Maximum increased probability range set to 50 m
- Increased number of pellets fired to 9
- Decreased damage per pellet from 22 to 20
- Duckbill attachment: Pellet spread multiplier increased from 0.8 to 1.0
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